How many foreign countries has Barack Obama visited and done business with on behalf of the USA?

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Obama has traveled extensively in his capacity as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and has visited Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan in Asia; Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, and the Palestinian Territories in the Middle East; and Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa in Africa. Obama has also co-sponsored the "Lugar-Obama Act" with Republican Senator Richard Lugar who was Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations at the time. This act was a bi-partisan effort to increase U.S. security in terms of the elimination of conventional weapons and weapons of mass destruction. This legislation came out of Obama's trip with Senator Richard Lugar to Russia, the Ukraine and Azerbaijan.

Obama has also sponsored legislation such as the "Democratic Republic of Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act" which was signed into law by President Bush on December 22, 2006. Obama has co-sponsored immigration related bills related to his service on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee including the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act. His extensive foreign policy experience exceeds that of every other Presidential candidate including his trips abroad in the performance of his official duties as a member of committees dealing with foreign relation issues.

While some have criticized Obama's foreign travel claiming that he is the most traveled freshman Senator in doing so they often fail to mention that as a result of his extensive trips abroad is legislation such as the Lugar-Obama Act instead preferring to make the political connection between his travels abroad to his run for President yet others will recognize the experience he has gained as a result of his foreign trips and recognize that as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he is expected to travel extensively and that his travels often were with the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.

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The United States Senate is not given to lying about what countries Senators have travelled to.

This involved a bit more than smiling and shaking hands, I'd say:

Stopping Nuclear Terrorism and Weapons Proliferation
Senator Obama traveled in 2005 to the former Soviet Union with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) to investigate the dangers posed by unsecured weapons. The two senators introduced legislation that was signed into law in January 2007 to help other nations detect and stop the transfer of weapons of mass destruction. The legislation also established the next generation of cooperative threat reduction efforts to destroy conventional weapons that could fall into the wrong hands. Senator Obama worked with Senator Lugar to ensure that funding was appropriated for the Lugar-Obama nonproliferation initiative.

ALSO a bit more than smiling and shaking hands:

Senator Obama also joined with Senator Hagel (R-NE) to introduce a broad bill that seeks to prevent nuclear terrorism, reduce global nuclear arsenals, and stop the spread of nuclear weapons and related technology. One provision, which was signed into law as part of the FY08 omnibus appropriations bill, requires the President to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for ensuring that all nuclear weapons and weapons-usable material at vulnerable sites around the world are secure by 2012 to keep them out of the hands of terrorists.

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I see you have a link for Palin but not Obama.HMMMMMM.....

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any proof he went on all these trip? the foreign relations commite may have and even if he did go his role would have been small

Answer 3

Sarah Polin only cares about abstinence and polar bear hunting

Answer 4

So he went places, smiled, shook hands, and posed for pictures.

Wow, that experience just blows Me away.

How come we can't bring up his associations, and house/land purchase from Rezco, a convicted felon, his wifes HUGE raise, right after he made the Illinois senate, his work with Bill Ayres......

Answer 5

Didn't he badmouth America when he was in Europe?

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Obama -Biden a Great Team -and Thank You
No way Palin ...never

Answer 7

he has dined at the International House of Pancakes.
better known as IHOP, for the people in the democrat party.

Answer 8

The only one he's represented in a foreign country is himself and possibly Alahksa. You sure CFR is a positive thing?

Sarah Palin has never worked for the federal government.